Bernadette of Lourdes

Bernadette of Lourdes

The True Story of Saint Bernadette

1961 · 102 min · ★ 6.0 · Drama

This modest, unpretentious French film is a streamlined version of the true story previously cinematized as The Song of Bernadette (1943). Daniele Ajort plays the simple 19th-century French peasant girl who insists that she has experienced a vision of the Virgin Mary. Once this sighting becomes common knowledge, Bernadette's very existence becomes a religious and political hot potato. Thousands of people flock to the grotto at Lourdes where Bernadette claims she has seen the Holy Mother, believing that the waters therein contain recuperative powers. Bernadette dies under a cloud of controversy, but is ultimately elevated to sainthood by the Vatican.

Directed by Robert Darène · Written by Gilbert Cesbron

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Danièle Ajoret Bernadette Soubirous
Bernard Lajarrige François Soubirous
Madeleine Sologne Madame Soubirous
Henri Nassiet Le curé Peyramale
Jean-Jacques Delbo Le commissaire Jacomet
Renaud Mary Monseigneur Forcade
Nadine Alari Mère Marie-Thérèse

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